~Athena: Goddess of Wisdom~

Karl DehmeltMrs. DeemerAP English 12

11/21/13

~Family Tree~

~Athena’s Origin~

• Zeus and Metis• Oracle at Delphi• Real-Life Charades• Zeus Inhales his Wife• Sits in his brain• Guides him from there

However …

• Metis already pregnant• Zeus starts to get headaches• Hephaestus to the rescue• Athena springs out• Fully grown and armed• Becomes favored child

~Athena!~

• Name stands for “the mind of God”• Goddess of Wisdom• Goddess of Strategic Warfare• Goddess of the Arts– Arachne

• Patron Goddess of Athens– Origin story

• Symbols are Olive Tree and Owl– Nike

~Connection to Oedipus~

• Oedipus and his problem solving• Mentioned in the first choral ode• “Golden daughter” - Parthenon• Teiresias saw Athena bathing naked– Blinded him– Gave him the gift of augury– Became a seer for 7 generations at Thebes

• Athena aided the founding of Thebes• Cadmus and his origin

~Greek Society and the Gods~

• Disrespecting the Gods meant punishment• The Oracle at Delphi was blind• The story of Paris (Trojan War)• Shrines in every home• The plague on the city• Demigods

"A day can press down all human things, and a day can raise them up. But the gods embrace men of sense

and abhor the evil."-Athena to Odysseus

~Works Cited~"ClassicNotes: Oedipus Rex / Oedipus the King Full Analysis." ClassicNotes:

Oedipus Rex / Oedipus the King Full Analysis. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Nov. 2013. <http://www.bsu.edu/classes/magrath/hon201/oedtcrit.html>.

D'Aulaire, Ingri, and Edgar Parin. D'Aulaire. D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths. Doubleday Book for Young Readers: Doubleday, 1962. Print.

"General Information on Athena." ThinkQuest. Oracle Foundation, n.d. Web. 18 Nov. 2013.

"Thebes." Ancient History Encyclopedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Nov. 2013. <http://www.ancient.eu.com/Thebes_(Greece)/>.

"Tiresias." Tiresias. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Nov. 2013. <http://www.pantheon.org/articles/t/tiresias.html>.

"Tiresias." Tiresias. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Nov. 2013. <http://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Tiresias.html>.